Challenge

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Peru's Julian Murillo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Ivo Tropchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 4th minute of play. In the 5th minute, Eliseo Mina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Ivo Tropchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 8th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Julian Murillo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Peru's supporters rose to their feet, but Julian Murillo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Tropchev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 17 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ivo Tropchev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 19th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Tropchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Sakowicz in the 21st minute of play. Ivo Tropchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milagros Fraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the game, Martin Urtado threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Julian Murillo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bacary Ligier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the last second Rolando Noboa throw himself and got hold of the ball when Bacary Ligier in the 34thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 36 minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luz Tejedor who took care of the corner kick. 41 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivo Tropchev. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Murillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Ivo Tropchev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 46th minute of play. The Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Peru were winning 0-1.

The wind increased when Sergio Cesaro made the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Sergio Cesaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Noboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergio Cesaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ were awarded a corner in the 60th minute after Peru's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Martin Urtado took the corner. The corner led Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Martin Urtado to fire away a dangerous shot which Rolando Noboa despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Julian Murillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Ivo Tropchev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivo Tropchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Sakowicz in the 68th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ made a substitution. Fulvio Terenzi replaced Leopoldo Artal. In the 74th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Tropchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivo Tropchev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Peru's Julian Murillo got a free kick in the 78th minute. After 86 played minutes Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ got a freekick which was hit by Rafal Brytan. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Rafal Brytan kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. 88 minutes in the game, Eliseo Mina fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ivo Tropchev having to interfere. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bacary Ligier in the 89th minute of the match. Eustacio Mino hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Rafael Gallo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ivo Tropchev read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Rafael Gallo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivo Tropchev. That made the score 0-2 in the 94 minute of play. The Peru players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.